[openbeos] Re: Intel 945GM Support (intel_extreme driver)

  • From: "Mathew Schofield" <mr.skoe@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:39:10 +1000

On 8/22/06, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How do you get to believe that (even though it's definitely a
possibility, as Intel likes to do stuff like that, for whatever stupid
reason)?

Well, i came accross it in the sources of the Xorg Driver and tried it. Since it *seemed* to work, and it booted without fail.

I have spent many hours researching and experimenting with Graphics
Drivers, Drivers in General, and how Intel implements their onboard
graphics. I guess i may have jumped the gun with the patch when the
driver and my knowledge had shown progress.

What i am doing now is installing (quad booting) FreeBSD onto my
laptop right now, and it seems to have slight problems with the
Driver. FreeBSD's AGP kernel module is allocating the resources, but
there is a problem with X Freezing. Once i sort out this problem (I'll
have to update the driver) i'll get back to *trying* to hack the
intel_extreme driver.

PS: It's a slow process, but eventually i'll be experienced enuff to
actually help out in the driver realm ;). In the mean time i'm sure
someone else will come up with the goods.

--
Thank You
Mathew Schofield
mr.skoe@xxxxxxxxx

Other related posts: